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Patented June 24, 1924.

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CHARLES w. NIES, or RIGI-ILAND rownsnrr, Jonas cocn'rr, SOUTH DAKOTA.

GATE.

Application filed April 11 1922. Serial No. 551,582.

Jones and State of outh Dakota, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Gates of which the following is a specification. I H jMy invention aims to provide a fence gate particularly adapted for motorvehicle passages andembodying certain novel features of construction andarrangements of parts whereby it isopened by impact of a vehicletherewith and automatically closed after passage of the vehicle.

Another object of the invention is the production of a fence gate hingedat its lower edge to swing vertically and held normally yieldabl-y andsubstantially in upright position whereby it is swung open by impact ofa motor vehicle therewith and the traveling of the vehicle thereover andautomatically retracted after the vehicle has passed from the gate.

Furthermore, the invention has for an object the production of a passageclosure embodying certain novel features of construction andarrangements of parts whereby it may be swung either vertically orhorizontally.

The invention has for another object the production of a drivewayclosure hinged adjacent its lower side to swing vertically and adaptedto be opened and driven over by motor vehicles; and hinged at one end toswing horizontally to permit the passage of animal-drawn vehicles andimplements.

These and other objects and advantages I successfully attain in theembodiment hereinafter described, defined in the appended claims andillustrated in the ac- 'companying drawings which form a part Lil -structing means.

Fig. & is an enlarged. perspective view of one ofthe bearings.

V Fig. 5 is an enlarged elevation of oneof theintermediate bearings, and

Fig. 6 is a transverse section of the gate illustrating its operation bya passing motor vehicle.

Referring, now, to the illustrations, the

device consistsessentially of posts, 7, positioned at directly oppositepoints at the sides of a driveway or fence passage-way; Between theposts is positioned the gate, preferably including a lower longitudinalframe member comprising a rod or pipe,

8, resting on a plank, 9, laid flat on the J ground. Suitable enduprights of the gate may consist of pipes, 10 and 11-, suitably securedto the pipe, 8. In the embodiment chosen for illustratiom the upright,10, is secured to the pipe, 8, through the rnedium of a T-pipe fitting,12, while the upright, 11-, is connected by an elbow, 13, with the pipe,8. The gate is provided'with a suitable runway over which vehicles maytravel, which runway 1n the present embodiment consists oftwouprightplanks, 14, spaced to correspond to the width of the tread *ofmotor vehicle, and having their lower ends resting on, and suitablysecured to, the pipe, 8, as by U-shaped straps, 15, which encompass thepipe and have their end portions secured to the opposite sides of theplanks. The uprights,10 and 11, and the runway are held securely in acommon-plane by the upper and lower longitudinal gate members,

1 6 and 17, respectively, each including parallel bars positioned onopposite sides of,gand suitably secured to, said uprights and theplanks, 141; The gate may be provided with pickets, 18, or otherpassage-ob- Adjacent one end of the gate is an upright, 19, on which thegate is suitably hinged't'o swing horizontally. In

the embodiment illustrated I provide for this purpose upper and lowerhooks, 40, suitably secured to the upright, 11, and pivoted in eyebolts, 11, in the upright, 19. The uprights, 10 and 19, are pivoted attheir lower ends to swing vertically, as by providing on the lower endof the upright, 19, a horizontal journal, 20, and on the lower end ofthe upright, 10, a horizontally disposed journal, 21, which may becarried by the T-fitting, 12. The said journals, 20 and 21, are normallyaligned coaxially and are rotatably supported in suitable bearings,preferably U-shaped members, 22, carried by suitable bases, 23, mountedon the posts, 7, the said bearings being provided with internalrecesses, 24:, to receive bosses, 25, on the ends of the journals and toprovide shoulders, 26, engageable by the said bosses to preventlongitudinal displacement of the journals from the bearings. The pipe,8, is preferably provided with one or more intermediate lateral thrustbearings to prevent buckling of the said pipe when the gate is operatedby a motor vehicle, as will presently appear. These lateral thrustbearings may comprise stud bolts, 26, carried by the'plank, 9, anddisposed on opposite sides of the pipe, 8. It will now be clear that thegate, constructed and mounted as above set forth, may be swungvertically in either direction toward and from the ground. The gate isheld yieldably in its normal upright position, as by weights, 27, havingropes, 28, or their equivalents, secured thereto and passed overdirection pulleys, 29, swivelly supported above the posts, 7, as byU-shaped members, 80, suitably secured to the posts and having thepulleys, 29, depending from their webs, the free ends of the ropes beingsuitably secured to the upper ends of the uprights,

'10 and 19, as by providing eye bolts, 31,

in the said uprights, to which the ropes are secured. Obviously, therope secured to the upright,19, may be permanently attached, while therope, 28, on the opposite upright, .10, must be removably securedthereto, as by providing on the said rope a hook, 32, engageable withthe eye bolt, 31. When it is desired to swing the gate horizontally thehook, 32, isfirst disengaged from the associated eye, 31, and engaged inan eye, 33, on the adjacent post, 7. The free end of the gate may thenbe lifted to disengage the journal, 21, from its bearing, whereupon thegate may then be swung horizontally open by carrying its free endlaterally, in which operation the gate obviously swings on the upright,19, which is held in substantially an upright position by the weight.27, connected therewith. The manner of restoring the gate to its normalor closed position from its horizontally swung position is obvious.

By reference to Fig. 6 it is clear that the gate may be opened by anautomobile by driving the vehicle directly against the gate in such away that the wheels will engage and travel over the runway carried bythe gate, thereby forcing the gate to the position indicated in dottedlines in Fig. 6, and as the rear wheels of the vehicle leave the runwaythe weights, 27, retract the gate to its normal position.

The bearings, 22, may be identical, but the one thereof in which thejournal, 20, is supported is preferably provided in the upper ends ofits arms with aligned openings, 84, through which a pin, 35, may beinserted above the journal, 20, to prevent vertical displacement of thejournal from the bearing.

Although I have illustrated and above described but one form of theinvention, I would not be understood to be limited to such specificstructure for various alterations and modifications may be made indetails of construction and arrangements of parts herein disclosedwithout departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as definedin the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, 1S,-

1. A passage closure embodying a closure proper including a main partand an upright at one side thereof to which the main part is hinged toswing horizontally, said upright being hinged at its bottom to swingvertically, a post at the other side, and means on the post detachablysecured to the closure proper to hold the closure proper yieldablyupright.

2. A passage closure embodying a closure proper including a main part, ahorizontal pivot at one side and adjacent the lower edge of the saidpart, and an element at the other side to which said part is hinged toswing horizontally and pivoted coaXially with said horizontal pivot topermit vertical swinging of the closure, a bearing for the horizontalpivot from which the pivot may be removed to permit horizontal swingingof the closure, and means for retracting the closure to and holding ityieldably in normal upright position, including retracting memberssecured to opposite sides of the closure proper, the one of said membersat the free side of the closure being det-achably secured to permithorizontal swinging of the closure.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 25 day of March.1922.

, CHAR-LES W. NIES.

